Sir Vince Cable has criticised older voters who see economic pain as a price worth paying for leaving the EU, saying those who think of themselves as “Brexit martyrs” are shafting young people. The Liberal Democrat leader said it was dangerous to see those people as martyrs because they would not be the ones to suffer most from the effects of Brexit. Writing in the Mail on Sunday, he claimed older Brexit voters with views “coloured by nostalgia for an imperial past” had imposed their will on younger generations more comfortable with the EU. We haven’t yet heard about ‘Brexit jihadis’, but there is an undercurrent of violence in the language, which is troubling,” he said. The government refused to comment on the figure, but referred to remarks by David Davis, the Brexit secretary, that the government would work with Brussels “to determine a fair settlement of the UK’s rights and obligations”.

Source: The Guardian August 06, 2017 06:00 UTC